Unfortunately, Subaru Okiya failed to receive the expectations from his superiors.
He was thinking about other things.
Okiya Subaru forced a smile: "It may not be the same one, maybe this colorful cat likes to visit... Well, why do you call it Xiao Hei?"
——If I remember correctly, "Xiao Hei" was the name Uzo gave the cat, and Mao Lilan actually knew it.
Okiya Subaru: "..." Is it possible that Usa's current status in society actually interacts with these high school students, so Usa used his unscrupulous acting skills to deceive innocent students and become their friends?
However, the situation seems to be different from what Subaru Okiya imagined.
When Mao Lilan heard this question, she did not answer, "Because this is my friend's cat, and he said his cat was called this name."
She just smiled sheepishly and said: "Because except for the four paws, the whole body is black, so I called it Xiao Hei... Although it is not a good idea to name the cat without authorization, it often visits various houses.
All my classmates had seen it, but it was inconvenient not to know its name, so everyone later called it Xiaohei."
Okiya Subaru: "...?" This cat would actually visit other people's homes!
Although I had heard from Usa that Xiao Hei was free-ranging, he never expected that it would be free-range. Subaru Okiya had thought before that cats like to come to his house, maybe because he is Usa’s subordinate. This is also true.
This is the only benefit of following Uzo, but who knows...
…
Okiya Subaru pushed up his glasses and suppressed the messy thoughts in his mind.
——If you think about it carefully, maybe Wuzuo doesn’t have just one cat, but a litter of cats with the same coat color. He lets them visit each house every day to collect information. Then he keeps one specially to contact his subordinates... Think about it this way
, seems to feel a little better.
However, there is another more urgent matter than this.
Okiya Subaru: "..." Usa Cat took him out today and came to this cafe. What on earth did he want to do?
…
Subaru Okiya thought of the bloody warning he received two hours ago and how he was almost taken away by the police as a suspect, and he had a vague feeling about it.
He couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia next to him, and said: Fortunately, detectives are born to defeat criminals, and with Jiang Xia by his side, at least he doesn't have to worry about being framed and taken away.
However, try to put yourself in Uzo’s perspective...
Okiya Subaru suddenly realized something.
——Would Wuzuo not be able to predict his simple response of "hugging Jiang Xia's thigh"?
Okiya Subaru: "..." A few hours ago, he had listed Jiang Xia as his life-saving weapon. Immediately afterwards, Usa's cat came to the door and brought him to this cafe to "encounter" Jiang Xia.
Such a coincidence actually made Subaru Okiya's heart skip a beat.
...What does Uzo want to do?
With many years of rich experience in watching movies, Subaru Okiya couldn't help but imagine a natural scene in his mind:
The persecuted protagonist struggled to survive under the siege of the terrifying boss. When he was desperate, he suddenly met a good man who seemed very righteous and was willing to lend a helping hand to him.
So what happens next?
According to Okiya Subaru's experience, there is only a 10% chance that "the good guys and the protagonist team up to defeat the big boss".
The remaining 90% is when the seemingly reliable good guy is suddenly killed in front of him, the boss sneers behind the scenes, and then everything slides further into the abyss of despair.
…
"Brother Okiya, what's wrong?" A voice suddenly floated from the side, "Your face seems ugly."
Okiya Subaru came back to his senses and realized that it was Conan who was speaking. Across the table, Jiang Xia was looking at him with his chin propped up.
Mao Lilan was studying the menu and raised her head when she heard Conan's words. She looked at Subaru Okiya carefully, and she really didn't find that this graduate student seemed uneasy... She didn't know if Conan was too sharp or if this kid was just talking nonsense.
.So I also looked at Okiya Subaru, wanting to hear what he had to say.
Okiya Subaru sighed inwardly: Children's senses are really sharp.
However, what he was thinking was obviously difficult to express.
So Subaru Okiya followed Conan's question and changed the topic as if nothing happened: "Nothing, I just suddenly remembered that a woman was killed just now."
"!!" Behind the bar, Hideshi Katsumura's hand shook. He thought of the body of the proprietress he had hidden in the store, and almost blurted out "I didn't kill her!"
Fortunately, before he spoke, Conan nodded in realization:
"I heard from brother Jiang Xia and sister Xiaolan that they are your neighbors. My condolences."
Okiya Subaru nodded absently.
"..." Hideshi Katsumura breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart that had jumped into his throat sank again: It's okay, it's okay.
...Speaking of which, can't these people finish their conversation at once without gasping for breath... The Riddler, get out of the store quickly!
In his heart, he wished he could kick these guests out.
But in order to hide his crime, Hideshi Katsumura could only endure the humiliation and put on a business smile.
He picked up the tray and came to the table next to the annoying guest: "Your drinks are here."
Then a glass of juice was placed in front of Conan, and a cup of coffee was placed in front of Jiang Xia and Mao Lilan.
When he retracted his hand, Hideshi Katsumura stood at the table by himself, in a high position, so that no one could see his expression, and he couldn't help but sneer:
When he made coffee just now, he poured in countless times more coffee powder than normal. It would be better for these students to find it unpleasant at the first sip, and then run to find other shops to kill time - not far north along the intersection, there is
There is another coffee shop.
…
Eiji Katsumura finished delivering the coffee and left holding the tray.
He was expecting his script to work, and he didn't realize that behind him, two pairs of glasses flashed a reflection.
Conan and Okiya Subaru stared at his back from behind the glasses. One was thoughtful, and the other thought of something unknown. His eyes fell on the coffee in front of Jiang Xia, his pupils trembling slightly.
Jiang Xia also glanced at Hideshi Katsumura and sighed inwardly.
——Perhaps there are too many of them, but this "store manager" didn't even think of "poisoning and killing all these people!"... It's disappointing.
While thinking about it, Jiang Xia reached out and touched the cup.
The coffee was not hot, but lukewarm - the "store manager" didn't seem to want them to stay for too long, and actually adjusted the coffee to a temperature that they could drink directly.
"..." Idle and idle, Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment and reached out to the coffee cup, intending to try the legendary tough guy's exclusive super-bitter coffee to see how bitter it could be.
But before they touched it, there was a sudden clanging sound next to it.
——Okiya Subaru accidentally knocked over the water glass, and a handful of water just happened to be thrown in front of Jiang Xia and spilled into the glass.
